Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN

Across all occupations in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN metropolitan area, the median wage is $49,340 a year ($23.72 an hour) and the mean $65,180, May 2025. That median is −3% against the US median of $50,980 and +3% against Indiana's $47,860. BLS counts 1,105,170 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is cardiologists; the largest is laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.

All occupations: Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN vs Indiana and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN area, Indiana and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	Hourly	$14.32	$17.88	$23.72	$37.07	$51.57	$31.34	1,105,170
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	Annual	$29,790	$37,200	$49,340	$77,110	$107,270	$65,180	1,105,170
Indiana	Hourly	$14.00	$17.55	$23.01	$34.62	$48.63	$29.25	3,201,220
Indiana	Annual	$29,120	$36,500	$47,860	$72,000	$101,160	$60,840	3,201,220
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

622 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profile: Indiana. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Cardiologists	$511,400	$245.86	60
2	Surgeons, All Other	$459,300	$220.82	360
3	Anesthesiologists	$374,730	$180.16	560
4	Neurologists	$365,500	$175.72	**
5	Physicians, All Other	$364,040	$175.02	3,730
6	Obstetricians and Gynecologists	$346,920	$166.79	**
7	Physicians, Pathologists	$342,090	$164.47	260
8	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$289,470	$139.17	1,020
9	Family Medicine Physicians	$287,130	$138.04	690
10	Emergency Medicine Physicians	$284,930	$136.99	490
11	Psychiatrists	$282,600	$135.87	250
12	Chief Executives	$256,320	$123.23	870
13	Nurse Anesthetists	$225,590	$108.46	80
14	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$183,000	$87.98	260
15	Air Traffic Controllers	$171,910	$82.65	470
16	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$171,260	*	**
17	Pediatricians, General	$170,020	$81.74	920
18	Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$168,600	$81.06	110
19	Dentists, General	$166,120	$79.87	1,020
20	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$159,640	$76.75	1,740

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Indiana	48,100	43.52	2.29	$44,180
2	Retail Salespersons in Indiana	28,840	26.09	1.04	$31,530
3	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Indiana	28,400	25.70	1.04	$29,040
4	Registered Nurses in Indiana	25,800	23.34	1.07	$84,230
5	Stockers and Order Fillers in Indiana	25,630	23.19	1.27	$37,120
6	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Indiana	20,590	18.63	0.67	$35,060
7	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Indiana	20,480	18.53	1.40	$61,980
8	Cashiers in Indiana	20,090	18.18	0.92	$29,890
9	Office Clerks, General in Indiana	18,280	16.54	1.04	$45,930
10	Customer Service Representatives in Indiana	17,830	16.13	0.97	$43,460
11	General and Operations Managers in Indiana	17,510	15.85	0.70	$120,480
12	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Indiana	17,240	15.60	1.10	$36,850
13	Waiters and Waitresses in Indiana	15,830	14.32	0.98	$29,050
14	Accountants and Auditors in Indiana	11,210	10.14	1.09	$79,290
15	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Indiana	10,670	9.66	0.98	$49,520
15	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Indiana	10,670	9.66	1.07	$41,390
17	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products in Indiana	10,320	9.33	1.17	$74,000
18	Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks in Indiana	10,280	9.30	1.77	$48,650
19	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Indiana	10,000	9.05	1.02	$48,750
20	Security Guards in Indiana	9,910	8.97	1.09	$36,490

Most concentrated occupations in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric	4.22	420	0.38	*
2	Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	3.98	1,510	1.37	$57,510
3	Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	3.82	830	0.75	$60,440
4	Physical Scientists, All Other	3.51	560	0.50	$67,000
5	Pediatricians, General	3.30	920	0.84	$170,020
6	Physicians, Pathologists	3.26	260	0.23	$342,090
7	Calibration Technologists and Technicians	3.25	380	0.35	$61,990
8	Psychiatric Aides	3.07	780	0.70	$45,080
9	Air Traffic Controllers	2.94	470	0.43	$171,910
10	Food Science Technicians	2.88	300	0.27	$44,550

Occupation groups in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$116,320	$133,530	68,400	61.89	0.86
Computer and Mathematical	$92,620	$98,080	31,380	28.39	0.84
Architecture and Engineering	$89,270	$95,850	16,630	15.05	0.89
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$83,070	$113,090	80,020	72.40	1.15
Business and Financial Operations	$78,230	$86,440	68,490	61.97	0.91
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$75,510	$80,580	12,040	10.90	1.15
Construction and Extraction	$62,710	$67,070	49,080	44.41	1.07
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$59,810	$61,950	42,210	38.20	0.98
Educational Instruction and Library	$57,750	$61,870	49,790	45.05	0.77
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$54,640	$63,810	13,890	12.57	0.96
Community and Social Service	$52,290	$56,890	18,010	16.30	0.95
Production	$47,620	$50,920	65,770	59.51	1.08
Protective Service	$47,250	$56,080	27,140	24.56	1.01
Office and Administrative Support	$47,220	$50,510	124,690	112.83	0.99
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$45,420	$48,300	560	0.50	0.18
Transportation and Material Moving	$45,060	$48,520	142,400	128.85	1.46
Healthcare Support	$38,100	$41,200	46,470	42.04	0.83
Sales and Related	$37,650	$53,580	96,500	87.31	1.01
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$37,310	$39,380	31,490	28.49	0.97
Personal Care and Service	$31,100	$36,310	20,740	18.77	0.90
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$30,000	$32,960	90,820	82.18	0.93
Legal	*	*	8,650	7.83	0.93

Every occupation in Indiana, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 622 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN estimates (area 26900).

*: Wage estimate not available.
**: Employment estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.